The Mighty Ninth

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TS-2.jpgLZ Ranger @ Ban-me-Thuot181 viewsInto every situation, a little rain must fall. Only...in Vietnam...they're called "monsoons".
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Dixon3a.jpgThe "cunt cap"181 viewsWe used to call these "cunt caps". Now, that always sounded odd and gross to me...but would you believe I made it almost all the way through basic before I realized that was NOT the correct name for the silly things?
The military nomenclature was "Overseas Cap".
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Tucker.jpgCommo Check181 viewsLooks like the guys are calling each other. The guy on the left is Tucker from Tupelo, MS. He knew Elvis. I'm on the right.
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Dixon63.jpgHooray - R&R Time181 viewsBankok R&R - those wonnnnderful Pan Am stewardesses. They always posted one or two at the door just inside the plane as you were leaving...and at least one at the end of the gangway stairs...smiling beguilingly in a skirt and heels. Sighhhhhhh!
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JCook6.jpg181 viewsJoe Cook coddles the mascot, Short Round
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BL-19.JPGThe Saturday Night Banquet181 viewsBanquet photos courtesy of Lt Bert Landau, FO, 2/9th Arty. Greg Malnar and his wife Katie.
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J_Henderson4.JPGJoe Henderson - Denver Photos181 viewsRounding up the 2/9th Redlegs.
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JC-20.JPGCpl "Lifer"181 viewsThat's all I have...he was a "lifer".
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LD-5.jpgHogan181 viewsOne of my Commo buddies, Hogan back at Camp Enari in Pleiku shortly before returning home 1968... note the clean, pressed jungle fatigues!
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DEROS2.JPGSpecial Orders No. 358, Pg 2, DEROS181 views15Jan70 report stateside. There's my name; I'm going home.
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Price_Reunion_5.jpgReunion Photos - Dave Price181 views"Old Vets" on tour: Charles Skidmore, Dave Price, Wayne Crochet, John "Moon" Mullins, and Lee Dixon.
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We_Were_There-rev1.pdf181 viewsThis a a "pdf" file using the Adobe Reader. If you are able to open and view it, you will see the names, addresses and Emails from the Registration Sheets.

The Adobe Reader is free software and probably a good thing to have on your computer. The software to create "pdf" documents is another matter. It for sale and pricey, too.
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